Using Wireless Handheld Computers to Seek Information at the Point of Care: An Evaluation by Clinicians
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Using Wireless Handheld Computers to Seek Information at the Point of Care: An Evaluation by Clinicians
Design: A prospective single-cohort study: accompanying medical teams on teaching rounds, five internal medicine residents used and evaluated MD on Tap, an application for handheld computers, to seek answers in real time to clinical questions arising at the point of care. Measurements: All transactions were stored by an intermediate server. Evaluators recorded clinical scenarios and questions, ...
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate: (1) the effectiveness of wireless handheld computers for online information retrieval in clinical settings; (2) the role of MEDLINE in answering clinical questions raised at the point of care. DESIGN A prospective single-cohort study: accompanying medical teams on teaching rounds, five internal medicine residents used and evaluated MD on Tap, an application for handheld...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1067-5027,1527-974X
DOI: 10.1197/jamia.m2424